Teoriya i praktika fizicheskoy kultury №7 2017, pp.3-5.

Dr.Hab., Professor S.V. Galitsyn
Far Eastern State Academy of Physical Culture, Khabarovsk

These are the days when we celebrate the 50th anniversary of Far Eastern State Academy of Physical Culture, the first special higher physical education and sports establishment of that kind in the history of the Russian Far East. The Academy has evolved for this time into a leading centre of research, social, cultural and sporting activity in the Far Eastern region of the Russian Federation, with its research and academic human resource and material assets fully meeting today the best modern professional standards.
Since 1971, the Academy has trained about 9.5 thousand of top professional specialists and 138 researchers and educators. The Academy is proud of its excellent curricula and educational standards that made it possible to train many elite athletes including champions and prize-winners of the Olympic Games, World and European Championships and Cups in a many sport disciplines; and establish a multisided and productive cooperation with the foreign partner institutions.

Keywords: academy, history, academic faculty, material assets, accomplishments.

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